There’s been lots of uncertainty and confusion in these first three weeks of the Trump Administration. But one thing is quite clear: Trump is going to run his White House like he ran his campaign. That means a chaotic and conflict driven management style fueled by Trump’s gut instincts and […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s approval rating in context
It has already been pointed out that the current President rose to majority disapproval far more quickly than any other president, but I wanted to take a closer look at how his current standing compares to the record of other Presidents. Clearly, it is very early (actually, that’s sort of […] Read more »
Why Trump obsesses over crowds, polling and popularity
The Post’s Marc Fisher explores how President Trump’s concerns with numbers and ratings have shaped his career. Washington Post Read more »
Equating bad polls with fake news, Trump further inflates his surrealistic bubble
It was inevitable that we would get to this point, given the two years that preceded it. On Monday morning, President Trump began the tweetweek with a response to recent polling showing that his executive order on immigration is more unpopular than it is popular. And lo: Any negative polls […] Read more »
Mark DiCamillo Named Director of Expanded IGS Poll
Veteran California pollster Mark DiCamillo will join the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies as director of its Berkeley IGS Poll, the institute announced today. DiCamillo will bring to IGS decades of experience in polling Californians. He has been actively involved in measuring California public opinion since 1978, […] Read more »
Trump’s initial approval ratings are setting new, unhappy records
… The pattern over the course of Gallup’s history of tracking presidential approval has been that the incoming president’s first approval rating is higher than the outgoing president’s last one. … Trump’s approval rating is lower than any prior new president. Remarkably, more people have a negative opinion of him […] Read more »